bookright

English

Alternative forms
  • book-right

Etymology 1

Calque of Old English bōcriht; equivalent to book +‎ right.

Noun

bookright (plural bookrights)

  1. (historical) The right of a will or charter
    • 1962, John Francis McGovern, A reconsideration of two Anglo-Saxon land tenure terms:
      The control over land which bookright gave was vested in a preeminent building.
    • 2015, David Roffe, Decoding Domesday, page 179:
      However, they had one thing in common: in one way or another they all held rights in land that were derived from bookright.

Etymology 2

From book +‎ right.

Noun

bookright (plural bookrights)

  1. Alternative form of book-right (“the right to a book or publication”)
    • 1903, William Henry Hills, Robert Luce, The Writer: A Monthly Magazine for Literary Workers:
      In 1892 appeared my first serial in the Boys' Own Paper, of London, for which I received $190, and $125 more at a later date for the bookrights.
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